I'm ok with Rob, but I really do miss Jason. As far as picks, it depends on the song, particularly the tempo. Even Les Claypool and Flea are noted as using them on some songs. Plus, who's going to tell at 6'8" bass player he's wrong:

I would tell him he's wrong, and then I would let him beat my ass, and laugh at him.

and BL: I'm not much of a british / Euro metal guy, and I really don't care for music that lacks in dynamics. Meaning bands like motorhead and AC/DC can rot in the fiery pits of musical hell. I hate them. It's also why I end up not liking a lot of metal. Too little in the way of dynamics, too much in trying to prove that you can masturbate with a musical instrument.

well im sure very few, if any, other MTadins share hte rest of my musical tastes which i would rather not go into

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Shoju wrote:too much in trying to prove that you can masturbate with a musical instrument.

odd, I feel the same way about 64-bar blues solos. They bore me to tears.

Oh, I wont argue that. If it is too overdone, it is too overdone, no matter what genre of music. My problem with metal in particular, is that a lot of bands are like:

"LOOK AT HOW FAST I CAN PLAY!"

And they hold this death defying power chord chugging speed for the entirety of the song, with some dude screaming arflgarblurischschwabel over top of it, and they call it music.

I love music that has tempo, changes, dynamics, melody, harmony, and emotion.

That doesn't mean that I like Justin Bieber, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Kiss, Brittney Spears, Akon, Gwen Stefani, or Culture Club, because I'm looking for something more than that, or "not" that, on a case by case basis.

^ Fav "musician". His songs don't normally have "amazing" bass lines, or "jaw dropping" guitar lines that appeal to me as a musician, but he crafts fantastic tunes, with honest lyrics.

I listen to bass players for inspiration on how to be a better player. Not necessarily the same thing I listen to when I'm "rollin' with mah homies"

Oh, I wont argue that. If it is too overdone, it is too overdone, no matter what genre of music. My problem with metal in particular, is that a lot of bands are like:

"LOOK AT HOW FAST I CAN PLAY!"

And they hold this death defying power chord chugging speed for the entirety of the song, with some dude screaming arflgarblurischschwabel over top of it, and they call it music.

I love music that has tempo, changes, dynamics, melody, harmony, and emotion.

That doesn't mean that I like Justin Bieber, Lynyrd Skynyrd, AC/DC, Kiss, Brittney Spears, Akon, Gwen Stefani, or Culture Club, because I'm looking for something more than that, or "not" that, on a case by case basis.

^ Fav "musician". His songs don't normally have "amazing" bass lines, or "jaw dropping" guitar lines that appeal to me as a musician, but he crafts fantastic tunes, with honest lyrics.

I listen to bass players for inspiration on how to be a better player. Not necessarily the same thing I listen to when I'm "rollin' with mah homies"[/quote]

Thanks for that. I spaced, and forgot to put "who" it was. His current lineup for Everclear leaves me a little sad (why does everyone ad a keyboard player to the band when they get older?) but after seeing them live in July, they are still pretty awesome live.

@Aubade. I love his tattoos as well. While I'm not a huge PPG fan, I applaud a man capable of pulling off the tat.

Yeah, they showed a piece on Olga Korbut last night on NBC. She was the Soviet gymnast who first really started to win the crowd over and added artistry to women's gymnastics. And her stuff was really Plain Jane compared to the stuff now. Her dismount was basically just a backflip.

it's a shame the korbut flip is no longer doable, and the reason is two fold. standing on a bar is now penalized but also with the bars set farther apart, the pass is impossible to do, not only the transition from the high bar to the lower bar, but also the backward motion from the lower to the higher one.